A 1994 World Cup winner Romario, a senator in the country's upper house, is the man behind a parliamentary commission report into betting patterns in football.

The media outlets said that Jannatul was a business partner of one of the high-profile arrestees of the investigation

Bangladesh police say Monday they would deport five Indians caught betting at a weekend cricket match as authorities crack down on illegal bookmaking in the lucrative domestic league.

A man, who received injuries on the chest during an attack by a local youth over betting on a cricket match on Tuesday, died at the Rangpur Medical College Hospital yesterday.

Malaysian football authorities on Wednesday called on a former FIFA official to provide evidence after he claimed the country had become the hub for match-fixing in Southeast Asia.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a tournament that is rarely out of the news.